SEPTEMBER 2017 issue

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FEATURES

• We pick the optimum Seventies GTs of the moment, from £6k to 140k: Alfa Alfetta GTV, Ford Capri 3.0S, Jaguar XJ-S, Porsche 911 SC, Citroën SM and Aston Martin V8 Vantage• The List. We make reader Matthew Burrup’s dream come true when we put him in a Lamborghini Diablo VT for the day and light the blue touch paper• We test an Alvis Speed 25’s grand touring abilities on a Welsh road trip• Epic Restoration. Craftsmen reveal how they reversed decades of neglect to make a Ferrari 250 GTE perfect again• A chance to track test the Brabham BT24 than Denny Hulme drove to 1967 F1 Championship victory was too good to miss• Life Cycle. Five owners reveal their part in the ragged-edged life of a Triumph TR7 rally car• It took a night out in London driving an Avanti II to get what it was really about• Lagonda 3-Litre and Daimler Regency battle it out for Fifties discreet luxury honours• The Collector. This man has 23 Aston Lagonda saloons – we just just had to see the rest of his collection• Why I Love... Monte-winning co-driver Paul Easter explains the unbreakable hold that his 1928 Sunbeam tourer has on him

Columnists

• Quentin Willson regrets letting a bargain Benz go under his radar• Tom Tjaarda. With the Tjaarda family’s blessing, we publish his penultimate column• Gordon Murray on a memorable weekend with an old four-wheeled friend• Simon Kidston spends time with two recent – and polar-opposite – fleet additions